SOLUTION: The length of a rectangle is 3 times the width. The difference between the length and the width is 8 feet. Determine the rectangle’s length

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Question 268814: The length of a rectangle is 3 times the width. The difference between the length and the width is 8 feet. Determine the rectangle’s length
Answer by papugai(18) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the width be x.
Then the length is 3x, since it is 3 times longer.
The diference between the length and the width is 8.
Then let 3x-x=8
2x=8
x=4
So the width is 4.
The length is 3 times longer, so 3*4=12.
That makes the length equal 12.
Good luck!!